Remove substring with parentheses in MySQL database

In a table called catalog, I have a column called SongTitle with song names...some of which contain parentheses with extra name information about the title. I need to remove info in the parentheses and the surrounding parentheses for each record. Here is an example:

Photograph (Pop Radio Edit)

I want the field to be:

Photograph

Ideally, I first want to copy the whole field to another column in the catalog table called AkaSongTitle and then do the replace on the SongTitle column.

I have tried a number of combinations but can't seem to make it work. Can you please help?

jahwalk,
I'm not sure what the difference is between MySQL and SQL 2005, so I'm sorry about the syntax issue. The function charindex([search character], [search string]) will return the index the character

Thanks for your help Flembosa. I am getting an error when I try to run your query.
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ERROR 1064 : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Declare @test as nvarchar(55)

SET @test = 'Photograph (Pop Radio Edit)'

SE' at line 1
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I'm new to MySQL so I am sure it is something I am not doing right. Can you explain in a bit more detail what my issue is and how I can resolve it. Many thanks.

The parentheses at nvarchar(55) are highlighted red so it is causing the syntax error to come up. In fact all the parentheses in the query are highlighted red. Is this right or do I need to do something else with this query? Thanks for your help. I am stuck.

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I'm not sure what the difference is between MySQL and SQL 2005, so I'm sorry about the syntax issue. The function charindex([search character], [search string]) will return the index the character is found in your string. An example of this would be:
SELECT charindex('(', 'Photograph (Pop Radio Edit)')
Results: 27
The function substring([string], [start index], [end index]) will return part of the string. An example of this would be:
SELECT substring('Photograph (Pop Radio Edit)', 2, 3)
Results: hot

If all of your text is before you first parentheses then you could use:
SELECT LTRIM(LEFT([field name], charindex('(', [field name]) - 1))

I still don't have this working yet. I've tried various things but still no solution. I can't rely on taking out everything from the first parentheses.

This code will remove the parentheses but not the information in the parentheses. I'm not sure how to update this to remove the text inside the parentheses as well. Does this help or provide any additional ideas?

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